Oil workers union issue strike warning over members’ disengagement

Disruptions may occur in the distribution of petroleum products following warning from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) that it may force members to commence industrial action.

The threat follows the sacking of its members in an oil firm, Fedoz Nigeria Limited, according to Oriental News Online.

The Union said the firm violated the extant labour laws by terminating the appointments of four of its members who joined PENGASSAN, noting that they were exercising their inalienable rights as guaranteed in Section 40 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

PENGASSAN Assistant General Secretary, Port Harcourt Zone, Tamuno Dappu, disclosed this in Port Harcourt on Sunday.

The Port Harcourt Zone covers states in the South-South and South-East.

Dappu urged all the branch chairmen and chapter chairman of the Association to be on red alert for the imminent strike.